SHORT FILMS
Apropos Productions has made many award-winning films!
PEMÓN
by Brandon Pestano
Poster image & Design: Alex Stillwell & Brandon Pestano COPYRIGHT Apropos Prod. Ltd.
This short documentary was made to spotlight the indigenous Pemón Chief Juvencio Gómez and his family who have been forced to migrate from their ancestral homelands due to invasive mining projects. This portrait uniquely reflects on stories of the Venezuelan Kumarakapay people and their rapidly changing culture.
Due to Juvencio's exile from his homeland, this was filmed in the Roraima region of Northern Brazil (near the border of Venezuela). This is also the only known film to be recorded and presented entirely in the indigenous Pemón language of Taurepang.
Supported by the BFI, DOCSOCIETY & CLIMATE STORY LAB
Duration: 15 minutes
Director: Brandon Pestano
Animation Co-Directors: Elmaz Ekrem & Milda Kaurgaudaitė
Director of Photography: Benjamin Mast
Editor: Emil Joseph
Producer: Paul DuBois
Executive Producer: Lisa Marie Russo
AWARDS
BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Official Selection & Award Winner (Best Documentary Short) Feb 2024
CITY OF ANGELS WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL (Los Angeles, California, USA) - Official Selection & Award Winner (Best Environmental Film) Nov 2023
JHARKHAND NATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Jharkhand, India) - Official Selection & Award Winner (International Window) Nov 2023
LATINO & NATIVE AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL (University of Southern Connecticut, USA) Official Selection & Award Winner (Cultural/Linguistic Heritage & Identity Award) April 2023
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY FILM FESTIVAL (Athens, Greece) - Official Selection & Award Winner (Best Score: Adam Woodhams) Jan 2023 & Award Winner Jan 2024
NOMINATIONS
BLOW UP ARTHOUSE FILMFEST (Chicago, Illinois, USA) - Official Selection & Semi-Finalist (Documentary) Jan 2024
CANNES CONTINENTAL FILM FESTIVAL (Cannes, France) - Official Selection & Finalist (Documentary Short) Nov 2023
BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM & BOOK FESTIVAL (Banff, Alberta, Canada) - Official Selection & Finalist (Environment) Oct 2023
SERBEST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (Republic of Moldova) - Official Selection & Semi-Finalist (Documentary Short) Sept 2023
IMMIGRATION & ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL (Toronto, Canada) – Official Selection & Honorable Mention (Documentary) June 2023
ITALY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Virtual) - Official Selection & Honorable Mention Jan 2024
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS & SHOWCASES
MADRID INDIE FILM FESTIVAL (Madrid, Spain) Official Selection May 2024
SUNDAY SHORTS (London, UK) - Official Selection June 2024
BRITISH COLUMBIA ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL (Vancouver, BC, Canada) - Official Selection Dec 2023
AESTHETICA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (York, UK) - DocSociety Showcase Nov 2023
GARIFUNA INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS FILM FESTIVAL (Topango, California, USA) - Official Selection Nov 2023
ENCOUNTERS FILM FESTIVAL (Bristol, UK) - DocSociety Showcase Sept 2023
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2023 (Cannes, France) - Short Film Corner/Court Métrage May 2023
HUMAN RIGHTS ARTS & FILM FESTIVAL (Melbourne, Australia) - Official Selection May 2023
CINE LAS AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Austin, Texas, USA) - Official Selection June 2023
GLOBAL LIFT OFF (London, UK) – Official Selection Dec 2022
DING-DING, NEXT
by India Plummer & McKenzie Alexander
Poster Image & Design Joshua Benmore COPYRIGHT Apropos Productions Ltd.
Rena attends the Conscious Connect speed dating event where she sits down with an array of peculiar daters all with the same objective, to find a connection. Conscious Connect’s ‘groundbreaking’ technology meant to aid daters on their journey actually becomes a hindrance for Rena. This jeopardises her chances at finding that perfect match. Rena questions whether love and technology are a stairway to heaven or a marriage made in hell.
This film was commissioned as part of Screen South New Creatives and is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.
UK TERRESTRIAL BROADCAST MARCH 8th 2021 on BBC FOUR
Ding-Ding Next was included as part of Women In Film: Introducing Arts
presented by the Cultural Historian Janina Ramirez and Series Prod. Allan Campbell.
Available to view free online (UK ONLY)
Duration: 6 min.
Starring: Orla O’Sullivan, Kaitlin Wyatt, James Calloway, Alice Halewood & Oliver Melvin
Directors: McKenzie Alexander & India Plummer
Director of Photography: Sashi Kissoon
Editor: Emil Joseph
Producer: Paul DuBois
FILM FESTIVALS:
Berlin Flash Film Festival: Monthly Category
Lift-Off Global Network: First Time Filmmaker Sessions, 2020
Lift-Off Global Network: Lift-Off Showcase Online Extravaganza, 2020
Lift-Off Global Network: Official Selection Los Angeles, USA, 2020
London Lift-Off Film Festival: Official Selection, UK, 2020
Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival: Official Selection, UK, 2021
Online Selection: International Online Web Fest, 2021
City of Angels Women’s Film Festival: Official Selection Los Angeles, USA, 2021
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:
Monthly Category Best Long Short Winner (Berlin flash Film Festival 2020)
Orla O’Sullivan: Best Newcomer Actress Winner (International Online Web Fest 2020)
Onsight Ltd.: Best Special & Visual Effects Winner (International Online Web Fest 2020)
Paul DuBois (Producer) Mckenzie Alexander, India Plummer (Directors) Best Sci-Fi Short Winner (City of Angels Women’s Film Festival 2021)
Paul DuBois (Producer): Best Short Film Nomination (International Online Web Fest 2020)
Mckenzie Alexander, India Plummer & Mintface: Best Original Screenplay Nomination ‘Pablo Cedrón Award’ (International Online Web Fest 2020)
Michael Chubb: Best Sound Design Nomination (International Online Web Fest 2020)
FLY HOME by Joshua M Kerr
George is alone on a space station. All he has for company is a drawing. And a fly. An annoying fly.
PROJECT BACKGROUND: This project was originally shot and conceived for the Straight 8s Cannes Film Festival. The Straight 8 competition requires filmmakers to shoot their film on one reel of Cine 8 film. No external edits, grading, effects or post-production. The completed film is then screened with a corresponding soundtrack.
Duration: 3 min.
Written & Directed by Joshua M. Kerr
Starring: George Sharpe
Producers: Paul DuBois & Joshua M. Kerr
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Straight 8 2020 Competition: Cannes 8 WINNER: TOP 8 PRIZE
Straight 8 2020 Competition: Best 25 WINNER TOP 2020
READY OR NOT by Eleanor Dolan
© Copyright Apropos Prod. Ltd. Photo Credit David Clode
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
New Renaissance Film Festival, Dreamers of Dreams 2019 WINNER BEST SHORT SHORT
Bolton Film Festival 2019
City of Angels Los Angeles Women’s Film Festival 2019 NOMINEE: BEST SHORT FILM
Manchester Film Festival 2019
Indie Flicks 2018
Leicester International Film Festival, The Short Cinema 2018
Playback Festival, ICA, London 2018
Cannes Film Festival, Short Film Corner, Cannes, France 2018
Le Petit Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France 2018 NOMINEE: BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Lift-Off First Time Showcase Festival, Pinewood Studios, England, UK 2018
Lift Off Global Network, Online Festival 2018
This unique film was commissioned by Screen South as part of the C4 Random Acts Partnership.
This experimental film mixes live-action with animation elements to explore the emotional life of Eleanor as she navigates the world through her imagination. All appears to be child's play until reality starts to disintegrate and Eleanor is thrown into a world of realisation - unable to turn back from.
Duration: 3 minutes (without credits)
Written & Directed by Eleanor Dolan
Starring: Reese Grimes
Producer: Ashlie Church
Supervising Producer: Paul DuBois
Executive Producer: Lisa Marie Russo (Fly Film)
Programme Producer: Jo Nolan (Ignition)
Post Production: Molinaire Hoxton
Broadcast/Distribution:
Channel 4 (Random Acts) & Screen South (Online)
JAS by Alice Trueman
JAS is the story of a British-Iranian teen, trapped in a dilapidated English seaside town, caught somewhere between a desire to escape and a desire to connect. When a local war veteran antagonises Jas with racist remarks, the depths of her frustrations flood to the surface. A grey ocean surrounds her, blocks her path, taunts her: a dreadful expanse with an endless horizon that’s just out of reach.
Produced by Trueman Productions in association with Apropos Productions Ltd. & Executive Producer Red Rock Entertainment.
DISTRIBUTION: Released on the MYM (Million Youth Media) YouTube Channel July 2018
Duration: 11.30 min (without credits).
Starrring: Melanie Wilder
Director, Writer & Producer: Alice Trueman
Co-Producer: Paul DuBois
OFFICIAL SELECTION: BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2019, City of Angels Los Angeles Women’s Film Festival 2019, Norwich Film Festival 2018, CineCity Brighton Film Festival 2018, Cambridge Film Festival 2018 & the Cannes Film Festival (Cannes, France) Short Film Corner 2017.
WINNER: Best Foreign Film, City of Angels Women’s Film Festival (Los, Angeles, USA) 2019, BFI Network South East Stories 2018 & the Red Rock Entertainment Prize
NOMINATED: Best Short Film, City of Angels Women’s Film Festival (Los, Angeles, USA) 2019, Best Performance (Melanie Wilder) Film & Media Awards 2018
JAS by Alice Trueman starring Melanie Wilder
BRANDED CONTENT
Branded Content Summer Campaign for HRP: The Tower of London highlighting a thrilling new experience recreating the historic escape of priest JOHN GERARD (Kylie McSporran) while being pursued by Yeoman Warders (Matthew Wood & John Gregor) through the streets of modern day London.
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CLIENT: Historic Royal Palaces
AGENCY: Arthur London
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Apropos Productions Ltd.
DIRECTOR: Gregg Masuak
WRITER & PRODUCER: Paul DuBois
PRODUCER: Eleanor Dolan
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: David Ellison
SOUND DESIGN: Adam Woodson
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Rosie Hill